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Blank commercially printed greeting card with a picture of an Osage Native American Church / Ann Homan

Essay/Description

A piece of paper folded twice to produce a commercial printed note card. The image on the front is of an Osage Big Moon (NAC) church house. On the back of the folded card is text, giving the publisher as Okie Land, the copyright holder as Ann Homan of Fairfax, Okla., the title as "Indian American Church", and "Lithographed from the original oil painting by Ann Homan".

Curatorial Remarks

The Osage made wooden permanent church structures. They also sometimes used temporary structures such as a tipi. The altar in a permanent structure would have been made out of concrete. These structures were built by local carpenters that were hired. Some of these would have stained glass windows.

Tags: note card
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Blank commercially printed greeting card with a picture of an Osage Native American Church
Creator(s): 
Ann Homan (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Osage (user)
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
paper, ink
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr and Mrs. John R. Whitesell and Sons
Accession No: 
82.191
Previous Number(s): 
TL1998.18
Department: 
Not On View

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